Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-24

refused TO eat or to imbibe the blood med
icine left with US, and the sores were by
this time in n very bad state. 1t would
lie long time before the ratives found us
choice morsels; bUt what feared WAS that
they would become impatient and knock
us on the head. II was plain that the
chief had taken dislike To me. and ] felt
sure he would not allow me to live an
other week
On the sixth day, rs have said, the
people from Little Cannibal came over
again, and everything was ready 10 feast
on the third sailors body lie was u
powerful yourg fellow named Kilder He
must have realized the Fate in store for
him, and the liquor ~hich they piled him
with made him desperately furious in
stead OF quietly drunk. When they led
him ont he broke away backed into a
space between Two huts and there, armed
with II lance he lad wrestcd from one Of
the men. he held them at bay. There
was immediate and great excitement.
There wer" two guards at our door. One
ran away at once. After a moment the
other called TO a boy of II, and left him in
his place. The boy was excited and
anxious, and gave us no attention. As
soon As | saw thS | went 10 the far cor
ncr of the hut and kicked ont enough
't the poles to permit me to crawl through.
Ny companion stood at the door TO watch
the boy. and when | was ready called TO
him. He was crossing the hut when l
slipped out into the grass and bushes and
started off. The sailor who was fighting
for his life must have given them a ter
ribie battle. for he held them fully ten
minutes and drew the whole population
around him. No one saw me as | slided
away. and had made a run Of a quarter
Of mile before found that was alone
l supposed the sailor was close at my heels,
but it seemed that he had taken different
direction. No hunt was made for us until
after the feast. | crossed the island
found another fresh water creek, saw two
or three sail in the distance, and then
looked about for hiding place. Invent
10 the top of a very thick tree. and for the
next three days and nights did not set
foot on the earth. \ vigorous and per
sistent search was kept up by the natives
for that time, and then they seemed to
argue that had flung myself into the sea.
For five days ! lived on the wild oranges
and berries growing in profusion around
me. and then small boat from wreCker
came into the creek for n caSk of water,
and / was taken of. Unfortunately for
nc the schooner got hold of a wreck next
day 10 the east of us, and this upset the
captains plan TO put me aboard the first
vessel bound for Honolulu. He needed
my muscle aboard the craft. and il WAS
exactly two months from the day of my
capture that landed AT the capital Of the
Sandwich islands. The brig had come in
and reported the yawl and her crew lost
went To the American consulate. but the
consul himself was of on junket, and
his subordinate took no interest in the
case. | went to the British consul, but as
| could not assure him that any of the
sailors were British subjects he would
make no move. | went To the captain of
an American man of war lying in the haf-
hor, and he heard about half my story and
brusquely dismissed me.-New York Sun